Christmas

Connor emptying his stockingPresents............More and more presents.....................After opening his presents from Santa, Connor helped his mom and dad open theirs!!Connor of course had to play with all of his presents that he had opened, he ran around crazy from present to present, it was such a joy to watch Connor open and get excited about his presents!!! Uncle Anthony and Aunt Lori helping Connor open his presents at Grandma and Grandpa Behunin's

Cousin Donald helping Connor play with his present

This year was such a wonderful Christmas, the holidays seen through a child's eyes makes my heart melt and brings tears to my eyes, Connor is such blessing and each day I am grateful to have him in our lives, throughout this holiday season I am reminded of the miracles of Christ, and what a blessing it is to have a child in my home.

Christmas Eve

Connor opened a couple of presents on Christmas Eve, usually we only open one present (pajamas), but because of my crazy work schedule, my parents decided to give Connor a couple of his presents on Christmas Eve!! Connor is front of our Christmas tree wearing his new pajamas

Family Time

Connor and Brooke

Deann and Brooke

Deann helping build a huge snowman in my front yard

Dennis making a snowman, they don't have snow like this in Oregon

Connor cooking with the girls

Finally done making treats

My Uncle Dennis and Aunt Deann and my cousins Kyleigh, Scott, and Brooke surprised us all and came from Oregon for Christmas we were all so excited and Connor had a blast playing with the kids especially Brooke he followed her everywhere. We decided to make candy and cookies, it was so much fun I love spending time with my family I wish we could all get together more often
I love the holidays !!!!

My little Helper!!!!

Connor loves to help me around the house he is my little shadow, Connor decided to help me vacuum this particular morning after breakfast, he did vacuum a little area of the kitchen but had more fun playing and laughing!!!!

Cookies

Connor decided he wanted to help me make cookies, and I decided that I wasn't going to worry about how much flour and ingredients ended up on the floor but just to let him have fun, I had a huge mess to clean up when he went to bed but it was so much fun to cook with my biggest helper!!!

Zoo Lights

Connor loves to ride the carousel

Connor visiting with Santa telling him what he wants for Christmas

This was the first time I have been to the zoo lights, it was such a blast Connor loved all of the lights and we had such a blast watching Connor laugh and smile, these are the moments that it make all the hard work of being a parent worth it!!!

Life is Rough

Connor is 3 days post surgery and it has been is roughest day, luckily they gave us good pain medication to give him and he fell asleep on the couch watching cars, the poor little guy hopefully will have a better day tomorrow

Santa

. My sister works at Harmons and they had free pictures with Santa, so we took Connor to see him, Connor loved Santa and ran to him and sat on his lap.
Next to Harmons they also had reindeer that you could pet, Connor had a blast and it is fun to watch him get excited for the holidays

Connor's Surgery

On Friday December 3rd Connor had is tonsils and adenoids removed, Connor did well enough that we did not have to stay in the hospital overnight. We had to be at the hospital at 630 in the morning to check-in, when it was time for the surgery we walked down a hall and the anesthesiologist took Connor from me and went one direction and we had to go another to the waiting room, the hardest thing that Donovan and I have every done in our lives is walk down the hall listening to Connor scream all the way down the hall. The surgery lasted only about 30 minutes, I met Connor in the recovery room after his was awake, while Donovan had to wait in the waiting room, they would only let one parent in at a time. Connor woke up from anesthesia angry, he scratched his face and tried to jump out of the bed, and called for his daddy they finally let me in the recovery room , Connor fell asleep and stopped crying as soon as he was in my arms. We were then moved to post-op were we stayed until it was time to go home, and Donovan met us in post-op, Connor did really well after they gave him some pain medicine and once he finally really woke up he watched cartoons and ate slushies and they let us take him home. I am so glad Connor did well and that the surgery is over hopefully no more surgeries for the poor little guy.

Christmas Tree

Connor helped us set up the Christmas tree

Connor did really well helping with the tree he would put the decorations all around the bottom of the tree were he could reach, and we would go along behind him and move some of the ornaments towards the top of the tree, it was so much fun to be together as a family and enjoy each other, I love Christmas it is my favorite time of year, and having Connor makes it so much funner, and happier!!!!!

Thanksgiving!!!

This is my first ever homemade apple pie, and it actually tasted really good
Banana Cream Pie

Connor wanted to help me roll out the dough to make the rolls

Thanksgiving was a great couple of days, we did dinner with the Behunin Family on Thursday, and then did dinner with the Tresner Family on Friday, we had 2 fun filled days, I was so busy with family I forgot to take pictures so this is all I got!!